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Facts  About  The 

TEXTILE  MILLS 

of  The  South 


Interesting  Statistics  Compiled  by  Southern 
Textile  Bulletin, Showing  Spindles  Added 
and  on  Order  and  the  Total  Spindles, 
Looms,  Knitting  Machines, 
etc.,  in  the  South. 


Copyright  1921 


Published  and  Printed  by 

CLARK  PUBLISHING  CO. 

Publishers  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN 
Charlotte,  N.  C. 


Introduction 


This  pamphlet  contains  reprints  of  interesting 
and  valuable  statistics,  relative  to  Southern  cotton 
mills,  which  appeared  in  the  Annual  Review  Num- 
ber of  the  Southern  Textile  Bulletin. 

The  Annual  Review  Number  was  issued  on  Jan- 
uary 27th,  1921,  and  covered  the  textile  develop- 
ment of  the  South  during  1920  and  statistics  of 
January  1st,  1921,  the  latter  being  compiled  from 
the  January  1st,  1921  edition  of  Clark’s  Directory 
of  Southern  Textile  Mills. 

It  may  be  noted  by  some  that  the  statistics 
given  differ  in  some  cases  from  those  given  by 
other  authorities,  but  by  reason  of  our  close  asso- 
ciation and  intimate  knowledge  of  Southern  tex- 
tile mills  we  are  in  position  to  obtain  more  accu- 
rate data  than  others. 

The  statement  of  the  number  of  spindles  upon 
each  number  of  yarn  is  based  upon  estimates, 
but  all  of  the  other  tables  were  carefully  compiled 
from  accurate  statistics. 

CLARK  PUBLISHING  CO., 

Publishers  of  Southern  Textile  Bulletin,  Clark’s 
Directory  of  Southern  Textile  Mills. 


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Clark' s Annual  Spindle  Increase  Cist 

The  following  list  shows  the  number  of  spindles  installed  in  Southern 
mills  during  the  year  1920.  New  mills  are  indicated  by  a *: 

Alabama. 

Installed  1920. 

Alexander  City  Cotton  Mills,  Alexander  City 6,528 

'Russco  Mills,  Alexander  City  11,856 

Anniston  Mfg.  Co.,  Anniston  1,368 

Cowikee  Mills,  Eufaula 448 

Cherry  Cotton  Mills,  Florence  1,680 

Lincoln  Mills,  Huntsville  3,418 

Mobile  Cotton  Mills,  Mobile  5,808 

Opelika  Cotton  Mills,  Opelika 7,500 

Wehadkee  Yarn  Mills,  Roanoke  2,694 

Eva  Jane  Mills,  Sylacauga  1.352 

Sally  B.  Mills,  Sylacauga  3,264 

'Sylacauga  Cotton  Mills,  Sylacauga  2,000 


Total  47,916 

Georgia. 

Southern  Mfg.  Co.,  Athens  1,080 

Sutherland  Mfg.  Co.,  Augusta 904 

'Calhoun  Yarn  Mills,  Calhoun  2,000 

Bibb  Mfg.  Co.,  Columbus  52,000 

Hamburger  Cotton  Mills,  Columbus  1,048 

Elk  Cotton  Mills,  Dalton  2,080 

Egan  Cotton  Mills,  Egan 816 

Georgia  Mfg.  Co.,  Gainesville  2,252 

Mary  Lelia  Cotton  Mills,  Greensboro  4,100 

Jefferson  Mills,  Jefferson  1,664 

Bibb  Mfg.  Co.,  Macon  11,196 

Manchester  Mfg.  Co.,  Macon  372 

'Marietta  Cotton  Mills,  Marietta  3,300 

Monroe  Cotton  Mills,  Monroe  2,396 

Bibb  Mfg.  Co.,  Pordale  29,456 

Anchor  Duck  Mills,  Rome  10,616 

Arnall  Mills,  Sargent  2,500 

Thomaston  Cotton  Mills,  Thomaston 15,000 


Total  142,780 

Kentucky. 

Louisville  Cotton  Mills,  Louisville  1,000 


Total  1,000 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


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Mississippi. 

Mobile  Cotton  Mills,  McComb  4,168 

Tupelo  Cotton  Mills,  Tupelo  9,460 


Total  13,628 

North  Carolina. 

Efird  Mfg.  Co.,  Albemarle  20,000 

’Acme  Spinning  Co.,  Belmont 5,440 

’Crescent  Spinning  Co.,  Belmont  13,056 

’Sterling  Spinning  Co.,  Belmont  13,056 

’American  Cotton  Mills,  Bessemer  City  3,000 

J.  M.  Odell  Mfg.  Co.,  Bynum  4,000 

Cherryville  Mfg.  Co.,  Cherryville  2,712 

Howell  Mfg.  Co.,  Cherryville  5,548 

’Rhyne-Houser  Mfg.  Co.,  Cherryville  6,000 

Cliffside  Mills,  Cliffside  1,000 

Brancord  Mfg.  Co.,  Concord  2,880 

Roberta  Mfg.  Co.,  Concord  416 

White-Park  Mill  Co.,  Concord  1.000 

Gem  Yarn  Mill,  Cornelius  2,832 

Delburg-Linden  Cotton  Mills,  Davidson  2.848 

’Dixon  Mills,  Inc.,  Gastonia  6,144 

Loray  Mills,  Gastonia 50,400 

Osceola  Mills,  Inc.,  Gastonia  2.000 

’Ridge  Mills,  Inc.,  Gastonia  6,500 

’Cloverdale  Cotton  Mills,  High  Point  5,000 

Eno  Cotton  Mills,  Hillsboro  1,300 

Bell  Vue  Mfg.  Co.,  Hillsboro  5.000 

Cabarrus  Cotton  Mills,  Kannapolis  20,000 

’Margrace  Mills,  Kings  Mountain  5,184 

Springfield  Cotton  Mills,  Laurel  Hill  5.000 

’Prince  Cotton  Mill  Co.,  Laurinburg  13,000 

Cleveland  Mill  & Power  Co.,  Lawndale 500 

Daeotah  Cotton  Mill  Co.,  Lexington  4.224 

Anderson  Mills,  Inc.,  Lincolnton  416 

Boger  & Crawford  Spinning  Co.,  Lincolnton 5,000 

Indian  Creek  Mfg.  Co.,  Lincolnton  224 

’Roseland  Cotton  Mill,  Lincolnton  4.544 

Long  Shoals  Cotton  Mill,  Long  Shoals  4.800 

’Liberty  Cotton  Mills,  Maiden  2.500 

Mooresville  Cotton  Mill,  Mooresville  2.500 

’United  Mills  Co.,  Mortimer  5,000 

’Globe  Yarn  Mills,  ML  Holly  5,040 

’City  Cotton  Mills,  Newton  3,000 

Grier  Cotton  Mills,  North  Wilkesboro  1,000 

Rex  Spinning  Co.,  Ranlo  4,720 

Red  Springs  Cotton  Mill,  Red  Springs 2,000 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


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Hannah  Pickett  Mills,  Rockingham  4.000 

Barringer  Mfg.  Co.,  Rockwell  3,192 

Roxboro  Cotton  Mills,  Roxboro  10,000 

Cleghorn  Mills,  Rutherfordton  "68 

‘Grace  Cotton  Mills,  Rutherfordton 6,000 

’Diamond  Cotton  Mills,  Salisbury  7,396 

’Klumac  Cotton  Mills,  Salisbury  5,040 

Marsh  Cotton  Mills,  Salisbury  2,576 

’Rowan  Cotton  Mills,  Salisbury  5,040 

Salisbury  Cotton  Mills,  Salisbury  2,000 

’Eastside  Mfg.  Co.,  Shelby  10,240 

Spencer  Mills,  Spindale  2,704 

Spindale  Mills,  Spindale  2,520 

Lola  Mfg.  Co.,  Stanley  6,000 

Yaldese  Mfg.  Co.,  Valdese  8,000 

Harden  Mfg.  Co.,  Worth  1,952 


Total  326,212 

South  Carolina. 

Santee  Mills,  Bamberg  4,096 

Hamilton  Carhartt  Cotton  Mill,  Carhartt  1,520 

Glenwood  Cotton  Mills,  Easley  2,016 

’Cash  Mills,  Gaffney  10,240 

Brandon  Mills,  Greenville  5,892 

Camperdown  Mills,  Greenville  1,526 

Inman  Mills,  Inman  7,072 

’Helen  Yarn  Mills,  Rock  Hill 2,000 

Spartanburg  County  Mills,  Spartanburg 5,000 

Fort  Prince  Spinning  Co.,  Wellford 1,000 

’Keowee  Yarn  Mills,  Walhalla 2,600 

Winnsboro  Mills,  Winnsboro  2,928 


Total  45,890 

Tennessee. 

Eureka  Cotton  Mills,  Englewood 900 

’Romac  Mills,  Memphis  2,000 

Prendergast  Cotton  Mills,  Prendergast 10,080 


Total  12,980 

Texas. 

Consolidated  Textile  Corp.,  Bonham  776 

’Navarro  Mfg.  Co.,  Corsicana  2,500 

Denison  Cotton  Mills,  Denison  1,000 

’San  Antonio  Cotton  Mills,  San  Antonio  2,500 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


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Waxahachie  Cotton  Mill,  Waxahachie  1,000 

*Waco  Twine  Mills,  Waco  1,500 


Total  9,276 

Virginia. 

Riverside  & Dan  River  Cotton  Mills,  Danville 42.664 

Fieldale  Mills,  Fieldale  19,200 

Matoca  Cotton  Mills,  Matoca  1,900 


Total  63,764 

Total  by  States. 

Alabama  47,916 

Georgia  142.780 

Kentucky  1,000 

Mississippi  13,628 

North  Carolina  326,212 

South  Carolina  45.890 

Tennessee  12,980 

Texas  9.276 

Virginia  63,764 


Total  installed  in  South 663.446 


‘Indicates  New  Mills. 


Spindles  to  be  Installed 


The  following  is  a list  of  the  spindles  that  have  been  purchased  for 
new  mills  and  additions  that  are  to  be  built  in  1921  and  1922.  We  have 
dropped  from  this  list  all  of  the  prospects  that,  we  had  reason  to  believe, 
would  not  be  completed.  With  a few  exceptions  it  is  certain  that  all  of 
the  new  mills  and  additions  named  below  will  be  built: 


Alabama. 

‘LaFayette  Cotton  Mills,  LaFayette  10,000 

*Opp  Cotton  Mills,  Opp 4,928 

Coosa  Mfg.  Co.,  Piedmont 16,000 

NSylacauga  Cotton  Mills,  Sylacauga  5,040 

Georgia. 

Berryton  Mills,  Berryton  5,000 

Willingham  Cotton  Mills,  Macon  10,000 

‘Peerless  Cotton  Mills,  Thomaston  27,000 

Louisiana. 

Orleans  Mill  (Magnolia  Text.  Corp.),  New  Orleans 1,296 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


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North  Carolina. 

Cliffside  Mills,  Avondale  10,000 

'Acme  Spinning  Co.,  Belmont  10,000 

'Linford  Mills,  Belmont  16,320 

'Perfection  Spinning  Co.,  Belmont  16,320 

'Stowe  Spinning  Co.,  Belmont  20,000 

'American  Cotton  Mills,  Bessemer  City  5,000 

Belbro  Mills,  Charlotte  5,000 

Savona  Mfg.  Co.,  Charlotte  18,000 

Sapona  Cotton  Mills,  Cedar  Falls  4,000 

'China  Grove  Cotton  Mills,  China  Grove 15,000 

White-Park  Mill  Co.,  Concord  5,000 

'Champion  Mills,  Dallas  10,000 

Lawrence  Cotton  Mills,  Durham  7,600 

Alexander  Mfg.  Co.,  Forest  City  5,000 

'Ivanhoe  Mfg.  Co.,  No.  2,  Four  Oaks 10,000 

'Adams-Spencer  Mills,  Gastonia  6,500 

'Arkray  Mills,  Inc.,  Gastonia  20,000 

Flint  Mfg.  Co.,  Gastonia  23,000 

Gastonia  Cotton  Mfg.  Co.,  Gastonia  5,200 

Hanover  Thread  Mills,  Gastonia  4,030 

'Mildred  Cotton  Mills,  Gastonia  12,000 

'Shuford  Mills,  Inc.,  Gastonia  10,000 

White  Oak  Cotton  Mills,  Greensboro 20,000 

Highland  Cordage  Co.,  Hickory  5,000 

Pickett  Cotton  Mills,  High  Point  8,000 

Cabarrus  Cotton  Mills,  Kannapolis  10,000 

Mason  Cotton  Mills,  Kings  Mountain  5,000 

'Melville  Mfg.  Co.  No.  2,  Lincolnton  6,000 

Durham  Hosiery  Mills,  Mebane  6,000 

Alsace  Mills,  Mt.  Holly  2,000 

'Union  Mills  No.  2,  Mt.  Holly  10,000 

Catawba  Spinning  Co.,  Mt.  Holly  6,760 

Grier  Cotton  Mills,  North  Wilkesboro  5,000 

'Oakboro  Cotton  Mill,  Oakboro  5,000 

'Priscilla  Spinning  Co.,  Ranlo  20,000 

Vance  Cotton  Mills,  Salisbury  5,000 

'Stonecutter  Mills,  Spindale  18,000 

Lola  Mfg.  Co.,  Stanley  5,000 

Ernaldson  Mfg.  Co.,  St,  Pauls  9,000 

'North  State  Cotton  Mills,  Taylorsville 5,000 

'Watts  Spinning  Co.,  Taylorsville  5,000 

'Nancy  Cotton  Mills,  Tuckertown  10,000 

Green  River  Mfg.  Co.,  Tuxedo  5,000 

South  Carolina. 

Arcadia  Mills,  Arcadia  15,000 

Pacific  Mills,  Columbia  3.512 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


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‘Musgrove  Cotton  Mills,  Gaffney  15,000 

Spartanburg  County  Mills,  Spartanburg  7,000 

Winnsboro  Mills,  Winnsboro  38.940 

Tennessee. 

Thatcher  Spinning  Co.,  Chattanooga  30,000 

Columbia  Cotton  Mills,  Columbia  5,000 

Texas. 

‘Lone  Star  Cotton  Mills,  San  Antonio 12,000 

Virginia. 

Riverside  & Dan  River  Cotton  Mills,  Danville 16,800 


Total  631,046 


‘Represents  new  mills. 


Total  by  States. 

Spindles. 

Alabama  35.968 

Georgia  42,000 

Louisiana  1.296 

North  Carolina  408.730 

South  Carolina  79.252 

Tennessee  35,000 

Texas  12.000 

Virginia  16.800 


Total  631.046 


Class  of  Goods  to  Be  Made  by  Spindles  to  Be  Installed. 

Spindles. 

Cordage  5.000 

8s  weaving  yarn  16.336 

14s  to  16s  hosiery  yarn  10.000 

18s  to  20s  hosiery  yarn  27.500 

20s  weaving  yarns  36.560 

24s  weaving  yarns  15.000 

24s  hosiery  yarns  5.000 

30s  weaving  yarns  16.000 

30s  hosiery  yarns  5.000 

40s  weaving  yarns  28.000 

40s  hosiery  yarns  6.500 

50s  weaving  yarns  '. . 15.000 

60s  to  80s  combed  yarns  206.670 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  X.  C. 


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Duck  j • 15,000 

Sheetings  and  print  cloths  46,240 

Damask  \ 18,000 

Colored  goods  76.800 

Tire  fabrics  1 80,940 


Total  631,046 


Spindles  On  Market  Yarns 


It  is  very  difficult  to  compile  accurate  statistics  relative  to  the  num- 
ber of  spindles  upon  each  class  of  yarns  as  many  mills  change  the  num- 
bers being  made  and  those  making  several  numbers  vary  the  number  of 
spindles  upon  each  number  of  yarn.  We  do  not  guarantee  the  absolute 
accuracy  of  the  tables  given  below  but  they  have  been  compiled  from 
sources  of  information  that  make  them  reasonably  accurate.  This  list 
does  not  include  mills  that  manufacture  yarn  to  be  woven  or  knitted  in 
the  South  by  mills  under  the  same  management.  It  is  intended  to  show 
the  number  of  spindles  that  produce  yarn  for  the  market. 

Spindles  on  Hosiery  and  Underwear  Yarns. 


Spindles. 

10s  and  below  64,564 

12s,  14s  and  16s  181,608 

18s  to  20s  340,250 

24s  and  26s  264,150 

28s,  30s  and  32s  326,124 

36s  to  40s  • 75,736 

50s  30,032 

60s  and  above 81,144 


Total  1,364,608 


Spindles  on  Hard  or  Weaving  Yarns. 

(Single  and  Ply) 


Spindles. 

Cordage  and  twine  64,196 

8s,  10s  and  below  269,326 

12s,  14s  and  16s  305,558 

20s  320,402 

Tire  fabric  yarns  140,386 

24s  to  26s  222,696 

28s,  30s  and  32s  397,324 

36s  to  40s  214,112 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


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50s  168,808 

60s  and  above  456,494 

Total  2,559,302 

Total  Spindles  on  Market  Yarns. 

Spindles  on  hosiery  and  underwear  yarns 1,364,608 

Spindles  on  weaving  yarns  2,559,302 

Total  manufacturing  market  yarns  3,923,910 


Mill  Corporations 


This  list  gives  the  number  of  spindles  owned  by  each  of  the  mill 
corporations.  It  does  not  include  spindles  not  located  in  the  South. 


1.  Riverside  & Dan  River  Mills.  Danville,  Va 415.000 

(Have  16,800  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

2.  Victor-Monaghan  Company,  Greenville,  Arlington,  Greer,  Jones- 

ville,  Seneca,  Union  and  Walhalla,  S.  C 241,376 

3.  Bibb  Mfg.  Company,  Macon,  Columbus,  Porterdale  and  Rey- 

nolds, Ga 226,656 

4.  Pacific  Mils  (South  only),  Columbia,  S.  C 198,736 

Have  3,218  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

5.  Avondale  Mills,  Birmingham,  Sylacauga,  Pell  City,  Sycamore 

and  Alexander  City,  Ala 195,914 

6.  Consolidated  Textile  Corp.  (South  only),  Lafayette,  Ga.,  Pel- 

ham, Ga.,  Henderson,  Ky.,  Burlington,  N.  C.,  Raleigh,  N.  C., 


7.  Cannon  Mfg.  Company,  Kannapolis,  N.  C.,  Concord,  N.  G.,  and 

York,  S.  C 175,672 

8.  Erwin  Cotton  Mills,  West  Durham,  Duke  and  Cooleemee, 

N.  C 157,360 

9.  Woodside  Cotton  Mills  Co.,  Greenville,  Fountain  Inn  and 

Simpsonville,  S.  C 153,920 

10.  Union-Buffalo  Mills,  Union  and  Buffalo,  S.  C 152.800 

11.  Lancaster  Cotton  Mills,  Lancaster,  S.  C 139,608 

12.  Monarch  Mills,  Lockhart  and  Union,  S.  C 136.712 

13.  Pelzer  Mfg.  Co.,  Pelzer,  S.  C 136,000 

14.  Carolina  Cotton  & Woolen  Mills,  Spray,  N.  C.,  Draper,  N.  C., 


15.  Pacolet  Mfg.  Company,  New  Holland,  Ga.,  and  Pacolet,  S.  C...  132,664 

16.  Chadwick-Hoskins  Company,  Charlotte,  N.  C.,  Pineville,  N.  C., 


17.  Proximity  Mfg.  Co.,  Greensboro,  N.  C 113,000 


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18.  Loray  Mills,  Gastonia,  N.  C 107,000 

19.  Merrimack  Mfg.  Co.,  Huntsville,  Ala 105,248 

20.  Mass.  Cotton  Mills,  Lindale,  Ga 102,016 

21.  Fulton  Bag  & Cotton  Mills,  Atlanta,  Ga 100,000 

22.  Wiscassett  Mills,  Albemarle,  N.  C 96,000 

23.  Mt.  Vernon-Woodbury  Mills,  Tallassee,  Ala.,  and  Columbia, 

S.  C 95,092 

24.  Brandon  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 93,700 

25.  West  Point  Mfg.  Companv,  Langdale,  Fairfax  and  Shawmut, 

Ala  92,000 

26.  Cabarrus  Cotton  Mills,  Kannapolis  and  Concord,  N.  C 88,000 

27.  Clifton  Mfg.  Co.,  Clifton,  S.  C 86,800 

28.  Bemis  Bros.  Bag  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Bemis,  Tenn 86,164 

29.  Spartan  Mills,  Spartanburg,  S.  C 85,000 

30.  Lanett  Cotton  Mills,  Lanett,  Ala 83,532 

31.  Brookside  Mills,  Knoxville,  Tenn 82,408 

32.  Henrietta  Mills,  Caroleen  and  Henrietta,  N.  C 75,116 

33.  Thomaston  CoPon  Mills,  Thomaston,  Ga 75,000 

34.  Dwight  Mfg.  Co.,  Alabama  City,  Ala 74,492 

35.  Easley  Cotton  Mills,  Easley  and  Liberty,  S.  C 74,008 

36.  Eagle  and  Phenix  Mills,  Columbus,  Ga 72,292 

37.  Anderson  Cotton  Mills,  Anderson,  S.  C 71,392 

38.  Revolution  Cotton  Mills,  Greensboro,  N.  C 71,000 

39.  Glenn-Lowrv  Mfg.  Co.,  Whitmire,  S.  C 71,000 

40.  F.  W.  Poe  Mfg.  Co.,  Greenville,  S.  C 70,354 

41.  Ware  Shoals  Mfg.  Co.,  Ware  Shoals,  S.  C 70,200 

42.  Piedmont  Mfg.  Co.,  Piedmont,  S.  C 69,412 

43.  Clinton  Cotton  Mills,  Clinton,  S.  C 68,512 

44.  Gaffney  Mfg.  Co.,  Gaffney,  S.  C 67,264 

45.  Clinchfield  Mfg.  Co.,  Marion,  N.  C 66,000 

46.  Tucapau  Mills,  Tucapau,  S.  C 65,184 

47.  Columbus  Mfg.  Co.,  Columbus,  Ga 65,000 

48.  John  P.  King  Mfg.  Co.,  Augusta,  Ga 64,608 

49.  Belton  Mills,  Belton,  S.  C 63,036 

50.  Highland  Park  Mfg.  Co.,  Charlotte,  N.  C.,  and  Rock  Hill,  S.  C...  62,400 

51.  Grendel  Mills,  Greenwood,  S.  C 62,080 

52.  Orr  Cotton  Mills,  Anderson,  S.  C 62,000 

53.  The  Trion  Co.,  Trion,  Ga 60,760 

54.  Efird  Mfg.  Co.,  Albemarle,  N.  C 60,000 

55.  Exposition  Cotton  Mills,  Atlanta,  Ga 60,000 

56.  Republic  Cotton  Mills,  Great  Falls,  S.  C 58,848 

57.  Dallas  Mfg.  Co.,  Huntsville,  Ala 58,752 

58.  Durham  Hosiery  Mills,  Durham  and  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C 58,252 

(Have  6,000  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

59.  Harriett  Cotton  Mills,  Henderson,  N.  C 57,792 

60.  Graniteville  Mfg.  Co.,  Graniteville  and  Yaucluse,  S.  C 57,000 

61.  Mays  Mills,  Cramertown,  N.  C 55,000 


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Facts  About  the  TEXTILE  MILLS  of  the  South 


62.  Washington  Mills,  Fries,  Ya 54,624 

63.  Newnan  Cotton  Mills,  Newnan,  Ga 54,000 

64.  American  Spinning  Co.,  Greenville,  S.  C 53,760 

65.  Roanoke  Mills  Co.,  Roanoke  Rapids,  N.  C 53,000 

66.  Judson  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 52,640 

67.  Cliffside  Mills,  Cliffside  and  Avondale,  N.  C 51.524 

(Will  install  10.000  additional  spindles). 

68.  Darlington  Mfg.  Co.,  Darlington,  S.  C 51,392 

69.  Marlboro  Mills,  Bennettsville  and  McColl,  S.  C 51,000 

70.  Dunean  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 50,720 

71.  Meritas  Mills,  Columbus,  Ga 50,000 

72.  Muscogee  Mfg.  Co.,  Columbus,  Ga 50,000 

73.  Crown  Cotton  Mills,  Dalton,  Ga 50,000 

74.  Lane  Cotton  Mills,  New  Orleans,  La 50,000 


(The  above  list  includes  corporations  with  50,000  or  more  spindles) 


Cotton  Mill  Groups 

This  list  arranges  according  to  size  the  groups  of  mills  of  over  50.000 
spindles.  We  have  grouped  the  mills  that  are  under  each  management. 
We  have  also  included  single  mills  of  50,000  or  more  spindles  where  such 


mills  do  not  belong  to  groups. 

1.  J.  W.  Cannon  Group,  Cannon,  Cabarrus,  Franklin,  Gibson, 

Kesler,  Barringer,  Tuscarora,  Patterson,  Edfird,  Wiscassett, 

Buck  Creek,  Imperial,  Social  Circle,  Bloomfield,  Paola 603,860 

(Have  10,000  additiona  lspindles  under  construction). 

2.  Riverside  & Dan  River  Cotton  Mills  415,000 

3.  W.  E.  Beattie  Group,  Yictor-Monaghan  Co.  (8  mills)  and  Pied- 

mont   310,788 

4.  Lockwood,  Greene  Group,  Pacific,  Wateree,  Addison,  Winnsboro, 

Hogansville,  LaGrange  294,184 

(Have  42,158  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

5.  Erwin  Group,  Erwin,  Durham,  Pearl.  Oxford,  Locke  and  Alpine  244,600 

6.  Cone  Group.  Proximity,  White  Oak,  Revolution,  Minneola,  Ashe- 

ville and  Salisbury  242,722 

7.  Leroy  Springs  Group,  Lancaster,  Kershaw,  Fort  Mill,  Spring- 

stein  and  Eureka  234,080 

8.  Woodside  Group,  Woodside  and  Easley  227,928 

9.  Geo.  H.  Lanier  Group,  Lanett,  Fairfax,  West  Point,  Riverdale, 

Shawmut  and  Anchor  217,532 

10.  B.  B.  Comer  Group,  Avondale  (8  mills)  and  Cowikee 209,478 

11.  F.  E.  Whitman  Group,  Union-Buffalo,  Santee  (2  mills)  and 

Fairmont  199,104 

12.  Ellison  A.  Smith  Group,  Pelzer  and  Belton 199,036 

13.  Consolidated  Textile  Corp.  Group.  Own  8 mills  and  manage 

Postex  196,916 


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14.  J.  P.  and  B.  B.  Gossett  Group.  Riverside,  Toxaway,  Brogon, 

Pelham,  Calhoun,  Williamston  and  Cohannet  182,536 

15.  Victor  Montgomery  Group,  Pacolet  and  Gainesville  175,008 

16.  Phinizv  Group,  Augusta.  Sibley,  Graniteville  and  Warren 174,136 

17.  W.  H.  Langley  Group,  Aiken,  Langley,  Seminole  and  Anderson  174,048 

18.  Aug.  W.  Smith  Group,  Brandon,  Poinsett  and  Woodruff 165,508 

19.  Alfred  Moore  Group,  Gaffney,  Tucapau,  Jackson  and  Fort 

Prince  162,184 

20.  C.  W.  Johnston  Group,  Highland  Park,  Anchor,  Johnston, 

Brown,  Norcott,  Jewell,  Eastern.  Park  Yarn  and  Belton 158,616 

21.  Emslie  Nicholson  Group,  Monarch  Mills  (2  mills)  and  Excel- 

sior   142,328 

22.  Carolina  Cotton  and  Woolen  Mills  133.848 

23.  Ben  D.  Riegel  Group,  Ware  Shoals  and  Trion 132,960 

24.  W.  S.  Montgomery  Group.  Spartan  and  Laurens 129.832 

25.  Robinson-Rankin  Group,  Lowell,  Peerless,  Avon,  Dorothy, 

Elizabeth,  Atherton,  Robinson,  Alba,  Lola,  Catawba,  Globe, 

Aileen,  Eureka  and  Wampum  128.584 

(11,760  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

26.  W.  S.  Forbes  Group,  Henrietta,  Edna  and  Cherokee  Falls 128,436 

27.  D.  D.  Little  Group,  Marion,  Clinchfield  and  Florence 120,800 

28.  Lineberger-Stowe  Group,  Acme,  Chronicle,  Climax,  Crescent, 

Imperial,  Majestic,  National  and  Sterling  120,004 

(Have  87.640  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

29.  Chadwick-Hoskins  Company  119,676 

30.  Geer  Group,  Judson,  Lois,  Roswell  and  Laurel 108,490 

31.  Loray  Mills,  Gastonia,  N .C 107,000 

32.  Merrimack  Mfg.  Co 105,248 

33.  Separk-Gray  Group,  Arlington,  Flint,  Gray,  Myrtle,  Parkdale 

and  Arrow  104,336 

(Have  43,000  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

34.  J.  D.  Hammett  Group.  Orr  and  Chiquola 103,280 

35.  Mass.  Cotton  Mills,  Lindale,  Ga 102,016 

36.  Calloway  Group,  Elm  City,  Hillside,  Valley  Waste,  Unity,  Man- 

chester and  Milstead  101,692 

37.  Armstrong  Group,  Armstrong,  Clara,  Dunn,  Mutual,  Piedmont, 

Seminole,  Victory,  Winget,  Monarch,  Helen,  Wymojo  and 

Lockmore  101,444 

(Have  22,000  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

38.  D.  Y.  Cooper  Estate  Group,  Harriett  and  Henderson 101.184 

39.  Fulton  Bag  & Cotton  Mills,  Atlanta,  Ga 100,000 

40.  S.  F.  Patterson  Group,  Roanoke  and  Rosemary 97,500 

41.  Standard  Textile  Products  Group,  Mobile  (3  mills)  and  Meritas  95,536 

42.  Mt.  Vernon-Woodbury  Mills  95,092 

43.  Alex  Long  Group,  Aragon,  Arcade,  Blue  Buckle  and  Baldwin..  92,456 

44.  Hightower  Group,  Thomaston  and  Aldora 88,874 

(Building  Peerless  Mills,  27,000  spindles).  Cont.  Page  18 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


CLASSIFICATION  0< 

In  the  tables  given  below,  an  accurate  tabulation  of  the  spinning,  wea  b$ 
equipment.  The  mills  are  grouped  according  to  their  equipment  and  produ 
mills  that  spin  and  weave,  spin  and  knit,  knit  only  and  weave  only.  The  ta  > : 
and  knitting  machines,  and  the  total  figures,  by  States  and  for  the  whole 

The  convenient  arrangement  of  the  tables  clearly  shows  each  division  : 
this  information  has  been  presented  in  this  form  and  it  should  not  only  be  L:k 
contained  in  the  tables  compiled  from  Clark’s  Directory  of  Southern  Text:  v 


SPrNDLEiS 

L( 

STATE 

Spin  Only 

Spin  & Weave 

Spin  & Knit 

Spin  & Wea 

Mills 

Spindles 

Mills 

Spindles 

Mills  Spindles 

Mills 

Loon 

Alabama 

36 

372,866 

32 

864,254 

2 

18,408 

32 

20, 9( 

Arkansas  

1 

6,656 

1 

7,800 





1 

1; 

Georgia  _ 

49 

562,466 

86 

2,081,444 

7 

62,112 

86 

47,51 

Kentucky 

5 

49,788 

2 

51,040 





2 

1,7 ( 

Louisiana 

1 

5,184 

2 

90,000 

1 

8,000 

2 

2, It 

Mississippi  .. 

3 

17,766 

12 

166,816 

1 

5,000 

12 

4.6C 

Missouri  _ 

1 

2,472 

1 

29,000 





1 

7c 

N.  Carolina  __ 

219 

2,454,318 

123 

2,646,900 

*11 

246,728 

122 

71,5c 

Oklahoma  





1 

5,712 





1 

t 

S.  Carolina  __ 

32 

282,114 

128 

4,751,258 

1 

5,616 

128 

117.SC 

Tennessee  

12 

169,872 

8 

207,444 

4 

39,800 

8 

5,3S 

'Texas  | 

3 

14,096 

16 

144,284 





16 

3,85 

Virginia  

2 

15,378 

10 

602,980 

— 

10 

17,48 

Total 

364 

3,952,976 

422 

11,648,932 

27 

385,664 

421 

293,84 

*One  mill  included  in  this  group  has  26,496  spindles  and  also  spins  and  :r 


' SOUTHERN  MILLS 

ig  and  knitting  mills  in  the  Southern  States  is  shown,  together  with  their 
Mills  that  spin  only  are  grouped  acordingly  and  the  same  is  true  of  the 
i also  gives  the  number  of  mills  in  each  State,  the  number  of  spindles,  looms 

iith. 

f the  mills,  together  with  their  equipment.  This  is  the  first  time  in  which 
(resting,  but  exceedingly  valuable  for  reference  purposes.  The  information 
Mills  and  figures  are  as  of  January  1,  1921. 


MS 

KNITTING 

MACHINES 

Weave  Only 

Spin  & Knit 

Knit  Only 

Total 

Total 

Total 

Total 

Mills 

Looms 

Mills 

K.  M. 

Mills 

K.  M. 

Mills 

Spindles 

Looms 

K.  M. 

3 

1,523 

2 

112 

8 

1,105 

81 

1,255,528 

22,425 

1,217 



2 

14,456 

133 

2 

416 

7 

3,106 

29 

3,349 

173 

2,706,022 

47,950 

6,455 

2 

54 

5 

400 

14 

100,828 

1,759 

400 

1 

400 

2 

161 

6 

103,184 

2,100 

561 

1 

300 



16 

189,582 

4,606 

300 



2 

16 

4 

31,472 

730 

16 

10 

2,026 

9 

2,985 

151 

16,518 

513 

5,321,450 

73,562 

19,50? 









1 

5,712 

64 

6 

214 

1 

360 

13 

1,265 

180 

5,038,988 

118,016 

1,625 

8 

740 

69 

9,877 

93 

417,116 

5,395 

10,617 

1 

100 

20 

158,380 

3,858 

100 

-- 

-- 

— 

16 

2,190 

28 

618,358 

17,483 

2,190 

23 

4,233 

29 

8,003 

296 

34,981 

1,131 

15,951,076 

298,081 

42,984 

aves  and  is  counted  in  that  list. 


18  Facts  About  the  TEXTILE  MILLS  of  the  South 


45.  W.  C.  Ruffin  Group,  Mayo,  Washington  and  Twine 88,698 

46.  Bailey  Group,  Clinton  and  Lydia  88,512 

47.  J.  P.  Abney  Group,  Grendel  and  Ninety-Six 88,272 

48.  C.  C.  Twitty  Group,  Darlington  and  Hartsville 87,456 

49.  Clifton  Mfg.  Co.,  Clifton,  S.  C 86,800 

50.  Bemis  Bros.  Bag  Co 86,164 

51.  Brookside  Mills,  Knoxville,  Tenn 82,408 

52.  Huggins-Mitchell  Group,  Ashcraft,  Martel,  French  Broad.  Pal- 

metto, Irene,  Lexington,  Valley  Falls  and  Middleburg 75,828 

53.  Dwight  Mfg.  Co 74,492 

54.  Graham  Group,  Camperdown,  Alice  and  Enoree 73,840 

55.  W.  C.  Hamrick  Group,  Limestone,  Hamrick,  Cash  and  Broad 

River  73,520 

(Have  15,000  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

56.  Claud  Gore  Group,  Marlboro,  Raeford  and  Great  Falls 72,848 

57.  Eagle  and  Phenix  Mills  72,292 

58.  Glenn-Lowry  Mfg.  Company  71,000 

59.  F.  W.  Poe  Mfg.  Company  70,354 

60.  Thatcher  Group,  Coosa  and  Thatcher  70,312 

(Have  46,000  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

61.  Ware  Shoals  Mfg.  Company  70.200 

62.  Hagood  Group,  Glenwood  and  Pickens  68,056 

63.  W.  P.  Cole  Group,  Hannah  Pickett  and  Steele’s  66,500 

64.  J.  L.  McNair  Group,  Dickson,  Scotland,  Prince  and  Waverly...  65,000 

65.  Columbus  Mfg.  Company  65.000 

66.  Ligon  Group.  Arcadia  and  Mills  64,952 

(Have  15,000  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

67.  John  P.  King  Mfg.  Co 64.608 

68.  Orr  Cotton  Mills  62,000 

69.  .John  A.  Law  Group.  Saxon  and  Chesnee 61,396 

70.  L.  D.  Tyson  Group.  Knoxville  Cotton  and  Knoxville  Spinning..  60,228 

71.  Exposition  Cotton  Mills  60,000 

72.  Republic  Cotton  Mills  58,848 

73.  Durham  Hosiery  Mills  58,252 

74.  H.  B.  Jennings  Group,  Dresden,  Jennings  and  Lumberton 56,696 

75.  Geo.  W.  Summer  Group,  Mollohon,  Cochran  and  Fitzgerald 56,490 

76.  Mays  Mills  55,000 

77.  Newnan  Cotton  Mills  54,000 

78.  American  Spinning  Co 53,760 

79.  Roht.  E.  Ligon  Group,  Gluck  and  Equinox 53,704 

80.  Judson  Mills  52,640 

81.  Cliffside  Mills  51,524 

82.  A.  G.  Myers  Group,  Myers,  Dilling  and  High  Shoals 51,288 

83.  W.  L.  Gassaway  Group,  Issaqueena  and  Courtney 51,024 

84.  Dunean  Mills  50,724 


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19 


85.  K.  S.  Tanner  Group,  Spindale,  Spencer,  Cleghorn,  Clover  and 

Roseland  50,096 

(Have  18,500  additional  spindles  under  construction). 

86.  Muscokee  Mfg.  Co 50,000 

87.  Crown  Cotton  Mills  50,000 

88.  Lane  Cotton  Mills  50,000 


Q lark’s  Knitting  Machine  Increase 

List 

Alabama. 

Knit. 

Machines 

Russell  Mfg.  Co.,  Alexander  City 4 

Anniston  Knitting  Mill,  Anniston  60 

United  Hosiery  Mills,  Bridgeport  48 


Total  112 

Georgia. 

Climax  Hosiery  Mills,  Athens  22 

Collier  Mfg.  Co.,  Bainesville  95 

’Blue  Ridge  Knitting  Mill.  Blue  Ridge 25 

’The  Cartersville  Mills,  Inc.,  Cartersville  14 

’Barnes  Knitting  Mills,  Cedartown 40 

’Cornelia  Hosiery  Mills,  Cornelia  38 

Dalton  Hosiery  Mill.  Dalton  20 

’Forsyth  Hosiery  Mills,  Forsyth  42 

Kincaid  Knitting  Mills,  Griffin  50 

’Colier  Mills,  Macon  20 

Kennesaw  Hosiery  Mills,  Marietta 40 

’Moreland  Hosiery  Mills,  Moreland  50 


Total  456 

Kentucky. 

’Louisville  Knitting  Co..  Louisville  25 

Preister  Hosiery  Mills,  Paducah  20 

Princeton  Hosiery  Mills,  Princeton  30 

Deamond  Hosiery  Mills,  Williamsburg  55 


Total  130 

Louisiana. 

’Floradel  Knitting  Co.,  New  Orleans  36 


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20  Facts  About  the  TEXTILE  MILLS  of  the  South 


North  Carolina. 

Wiscassett  Mills,  Albemarle  220 

Acme  Hosiery  Mills.  Asheboro  25 

Asheboro  Hosiery  Mills,  Asheboro  30 

Atkinson  Hosiery  Mills,  Atkinson  26 

Winner  Hosiery  Mills,  Boiling  Springs  36 

’Excelsior  Knitting  Mills,  Bryson  City  64 

Brown’s  Hosiery  Mills,  Burlington  24 

Edwin  H.  Gant  Textile  Works,  Burlington  14 

’Graham  Hosiery  Mills,  Burlington  36 

’Standard  Hosiery  Mills,  Burlington  36 

’Crescent  Mfg.  Co.,  Canton  69 

Charlotte  Knitting  Co.,  Charlotte  28 

Gaston  Knitting  Mills.  Cherryville  2 

Collettsville  Hosiery  Co.,  Collettsville  8 

’Lily  & Boone,  Denton  42 

’Durham  Hosiery  Mills,  Dunn  25 

’John  O’Daniel  Hosiery  Co.,  Durham  56 

Louise  Knitting  Mills,  Durham  25 

Edenton  Hosiery  Mills,  Edenton  24 

Ideal  Hosiery  Mills,  Elizabeth  City  9 

Standard  Mfg.  Co.,  Elizabeth  City  11 

Parsley  & Tanner,  Forest  City 38 

Gibsonville  Hosiery  Mills,  Gibsonville  78 

’Glen  Alpine  Knitting  Mill,  Glen  Alpine  »o 

Durham  Hosiery  Mills,  Goldsboro  39 

Henderson  Hosiery  Co.,  Henderson  6 

Elliott  Knitting  Mills,  Hickory  40 

Amos  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  51 

Commonwealth  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  66 

Crown  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  20 

Durham  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  73 

’Guilford  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  30 

’Harris-Covington  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  70 

Slane  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  40 

Whittington  Hosiery  Mills,  High  Point  17 

Louise  Knitting  Mills,  Jonesboro  40 

Kernersville  Knitting  Co.,  Kernersville  120 

’Vance  Knitting  Co.,  Kernersville  50 

*Shoaf-Sink  Hosiery  Mills,  Lexington  60 

’Madison  Hosiery  Mills,  Madison  30 

’McDowell  Hosiery  Mills,  McDowell  20 

Mayo  Mills,  Mayodan  3 

Durham  Hosiery  Mills,  Mebane  200 

‘Sanford  Knitting  Mills,  Mocksville  20 

’Vandois  Knitting  Mill,  Morganton  105 

*J.  R.  G.  Hosiery  Mill,  Newton  15 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


Facts  About  the  TEXTILE  MILLS  of  the  South 


21 


Wilkes  Hosiery  Mill,  North  Wilkesboro  55 

Henshaw  Hosiery  Mills,  Oxford  15 

Scotland  Neck  Cotton  Mills,  Scotland  Neck 15 

'Roanoke  Hosiery  Co.,  Scotland  Neck  30 

'Elmore  Hosiery  Mills,  Shelby  26 

Walton  Hosiery  Mills,  Statesville  5 

'Panola  Knitting  Co.,  Tarboro  25 

'Tarboro  Knitting  Co.,  Tarboro  45 

Ragan  Knitting  Co.,  Thomasville  25 

Liberty  Hosiery  Mill,  Yaldese  10 

'Pauline  Knitting  Mills,  Valdese  20 

Waldensian  Hosiery  Mills,  Valdese  50 

'Crescent  Hosiery  Co.,  Waynesville  100 

Indera  Mill,  Winston-Salem  10 


Total  2,557 

South  Carolina. 

Sunlight  Hosiery  Mills,  Blackville  60 

Pee  Dee  Knitting  Mill,  Cheraw  24 


Total  84 

Tennessee. 

'Fashion  Mill,  Athens  16 

Tennessee  Textile  Mills,  Alton  Park  50 

'Bothwell  Hosiery  Mills,  Chattanooga  50 

'Kyle  Hosiery  Mills,  Chattanooga  75 

Mountain  City  Knitting  Mill,  Chattanooga 15 

'Wardlaw  Hosiery  Mills,  Chattanooga  135 

Knox  Hosiery  Mills,  Cleveland  20 

Magnet  Knitting  Mill,  Clinton  65 

'Elizabethton  Hosiery  Mills,  Elizabethton  . 50 

Englewood  Mfg.  Co.,  Englewood  15 

Pryor  Hosiery  Mills,  Jasper  20 

Appalachian  Mills,  Knoxville  20 

'Holston  Mfg.  Co.,  Knoxville  150 

'Kingsporth  Hosiery  Mills  No.  2,  Knoxville  125 

Standard  Knitting  Mills,  Knoxville  10 

Magnet  Knitting  Mills  No.  3,  LaFollette  35 

'Star  Knitting  Mills,  Memphis  30 

Sunshine  Hosiery  Mills,  Murfreesboro  65 

Davis-Hale-Ranson  Co.,  Nashville  38 

Hartford  Hosiery  Mills,  Nashville  50 

Louden  Hosiery  Mills,  Newport 50 

'Chilhowee  Mills,  Peceville  34 

'Loudon  Hosiery  Mills,  Seviersville  100 

Robinson-McGill  Mfg.  Co.,  Shelbyville  7 


Compiled  by  SOUTHERN  TEXTILE  BULLETIN,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


22  Facts  About  the  TEXTILE  MILLS  of  the  South 


Aycock  Hosiery  Mills,  South  Pittsburg  25 

*Aycock  Hosiery  Mills,  Whitwell  50 


Total  1,300 

Texas. 

’Texas  Hosiery  Mill,  Dallas  100 

Virginia. 

Guy  Hosiery  Mill,  Bristol  79 

’Wood  Hosiery  Mill,  Bristol  76 

’Gem  Hosiery  Mill,  Norfolk  16 

’Virginia  Hosiery  Mill,  Norfolk  30 

’Petersburg  Silk  Hosiery  Co.,  Petersburg  40 

’Paul  Knitting  Mill,  Radford  80 


Total  321 

Total  by  States. 

Alabama  112 

Georgia  456 

Kentucky  130 

Louisiana  36 

North  Carolina  2,557 

South  Carolina  84 

Tennessee  1,300 

Texas  100 

Virginia  321 


Total  5,096 


Motive  Pozver  of  Southern  Mills 

There  are  1,146  textile  plants  in  the  South  and  516  of  them  use  elec- 
tricity for  power;  284  use  steam,  227  use  steam  and  electricity;  45  use 
steam  and  water;  27  use  water  and  electricity;  35  use  water  only;  28  use 
steam,  water  and  electricity;  3 use  gas  and  8 use  plain  kerosine  oil  en- 
gines. 

The  above  list  includes  the  26  mills  under  construction  and  the  17 
mercerizing  and  bleaching  plants. 

The  power  used  by  the  mills  in  the  different  states  is  as  follows: 

Alabama — 30  mills  use  electricity  only;  31  steam  only;  2 water  only; 
17  use  steam  and  electricity;  one  steam  and  water;  one  water  and  elec- 
tricity and  one  steam,  water  and  electricity. 

Arkansas  has  two  mills,  one  using  steam  and  one  steam  and  electric- 
ity. 

Georgia  has  56  mills  using  electricity;  65  steam;  34  steam  and  elec- 
tricity; six  water  and  steam;  nine  water  only;  6 water  and  electricity; 
and  two  steam,  water  and  electricity. 


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Kentucky  has  8 mills  using  electric  power  only;  3 use  steam  only;  3 
steam  and  electricity  and  one  steam  and  water. 

Louisiana  has  6 mills,  4 use  electric  power  and  two  steam  and  elec- 
tric. 

Mississippi  has  16  mills;  1 using  electric  power,  9 use  steam;  5 use 
steam  and  electric  and  one  uses  water  only. 

Missouri  has  1 mill  using  electricity  and  3 using  steam  for  power. 

North  Carolina  has  271  mills  using  electric  power  only;  248  use  steam 
only;  35  use  water  only;  227  use  steam  and  electricity;  45  steam  and  wa- 
ter; 27  water  and  electricity;  28  steam,  water  and  electricity;  2 use  gas 
engines  and  eight  oil  engines. 

Oklahoma  has  one  mill  using  steam  for  power. 

South  Carolina  has  72  mills  using  electric  power  only;  47  steam  only; 
3 water  only;  35  use  steam  and  electricity;  11  steam  and  water;  9 water 
and  electricity;  6 steam,  water  and  electricity. 

Tennessee  has  93  mills  and  53  of  these  use  electric  power  only;  27 
steam  only;  15  use  steam  and  electricity;  and  one  uses  steam,  water  and 
electricity. 

Texas  has  12  mills  using  electric  power  only;  6 steam  only  and  3 
steam  and  electricity. 

Virginia  has  8 mills  using  electric  power;  11  steam;  4 steam  and  elec- 
tric; 3 steam  and  water;  1 steam,  water  and  electric,  and  one  water  only. 


Hydro-Electric  Power  in  Textile  Mills 

The  use  of  electricity  as  a motive  power  for  textile  plants  is  at  a 
continually  increasing  rate.  During  the  last  year  when  the  capacity  of 
hydro-electric  plants  were  fully  absorbed  the  most  acute  problem  has 
been  where  electric  power  could  be  procured  and  whether  the  building 
of  such  plants  would  keep  pace  with  the  demands,  as  the  latter  was  grow- 
ing at  a faster  rate  than  plants  could  be  built. 

Some  of  the  Southern  States  are  approaching  their  maximum  devel- 
opment of  water  power.  A Government  report  on  “Electric  Power  De- 
velopment” in  1916  gave  the  following  figures: 


Maximum  Water 
Potential  H.  P.  Percentage 

State — Water— H.P.  Developed.  Developed. 

Virginia  976.000  94,229  9.7 

North  Carolina  1.090.000  99.105  9.1 

South  Carolina  766,000  227.012  29.6 

Georgia  699,000  217.555  31.2 

Alabama  1,070.000  82.466  7.7 

Tennessee 862,000  97,835  11.3 

Missouri  184,000  20,670  11.3 

Arkansas  69,000  2,200  3.2 


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From  the  same  report  we  gather  that  the  States  of  New  Hampshire, 
Vermont,  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut  have  developed 
47.1  per  cent  of  their  potential  water  horsepower.  It  is  true  that  the 
States  of  Georgia  and  South  Carolina  are  approaching  the  maximum  pos- 
sible development  for  the  reason  that  the  “potential  water  horsepower” 
may  not  be  capable  of  full  development  for  commercial  reasons,  also 
since  that  report  was  made  (1916)  there  have  been  some  additional  plants 
put  in  service  but  with  the  two  exceptions  noted  there  is  plentiful  water 
power  if  the  capitalist  and  engineers  can  be  found  to  carry  on  the  work. 

Economically  speaking,  there  is  no  more  reason  for  a textile  plant  to 
make  its  own  power  than  it  should  make  their  own  shuttles  or  bobbins. 
Such  a plant  buying  power  from  a power  company  is  a much  more  simple 
one  than  one  that  includes  a power  plant;  if  electric  power  can  be  bought 
as  cheaply  as  it  can  be  made  by  the  mill,  the  capital  investment  can  be 
reduced  about  15  to  20  per  cent  or  else  the  money  can  be  diverted  to 
greater  spindleage.  This  fact  has  been  recognized,  especially  in  the  Car- 
olinas,  where  70  per  cent  of  the  new  spindles  that  have  been  added  since 
1915  have  been  placed  in  the  Hydro-Electric  Zone  purchasing  power  from 
the  Power  Companies,  while  40  per  cent  of  the  new  spindles  in  the  South- 
ern States  have  utilized  agencies  of  similar  kind;  one  company  supplying 
power  for  4,500,000  spindles  in  1920  and  delivering  100  per  cent  service 
night  and  day,  less  one  hundred  sixty-eight  thousandths  (.168  per  cent) 
of  one  per  cent  loss  of  time. 

The  service  given  by  power  companies  can  and  does  equal  the  power 
generated  by  the  individual  plant. 

The  Southern  States  have  undeveloped  water  power  that  should  be 
put  in  service.  As  it  is  the  most  convenient  and  economical  power  that 
can  be  had. 

The  use  of  hydro-electric  power  has  almost  revolutionized  the  tex- 
tile industry  in  the  South.  It  has  brought  about  an  increased  use  of  indi- 
vidual drive  motors  and  the  installation  of  many  improvements  for  sav- 
ing power  and  increasing  production.  Enormous  quantities  of  small  mo- 
tors, chain  drives,  ball  bearings,  etc.,  are  purchased  annually  for  new  mills 
and  to  replace  old  power  equipment  in  the  South.  These  improvements 
are  brought  about  almost  wholly  by  the  use  of  hydro-electric  power  which 
can  be  purchased  at  very  low  rates  in  the  Southern  States. 


Dyeing  and  Finishing  in  Southern  Mills 

The  dyeing,  bleaching  and  finishing  business  in  the  South  has  grown 
rapidly  during  the  past  few  years  and  on  January  1,  1921,  there  were  327 
mills  in  the  South  doing  their  own  dyeing,  bleaching,  and  finishing.  There 
are  seventeen  plants  in  the  South  doing  dyeing,  bleaching,  mercerizing 
and  finishing  for  the  trade. 

In  the  knitting  industry  there  are  131  mills  of  the  total  of  325  which 


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do  their  own  dyeing,  bleaching  and  finishing;  38  dye  and  finish,  12  bleach 
and  finish,  and  11  dye  only. 

Of  the  806  cotton  mills,  62  plants  do  their  own  dyeing,  28  dye,  bleach 
and  finish,  36  dye  and  finish  and  10  bleach  and  finish. 

North  Carolina  leads  in  this  line  with  62  knitting  mills  and  19  cotton 
mills  doing  their  own  dye,  bleaching  and  finishing;  18  knitting  mills  and 
22  cotton  mills  dye  and  finish;  6 knitting  mills  and  20  cotton  mills  do 
their  dyeing,  and  5 knitting  mills  and  4 cotton  mills  bleach  and  finish. 

Georgia  'has  22  knitting  mills  doing  their  dyeing,  bleaching  and  finish- 
ing; 3 knitting  mills  and  5 cotton  plants  doing  their  dyeing  and  finishing, 
and  19  cotton  mills  do  their  own  dyeing. 

South  Uarolia  has  7 knitting  mills  and  3 cotton  mills  doing  their 
dyeing,  bleaching  and  finishing;  4 knitting  mills  and  6 cotton  mills  doing 
dyeing  and  finishing,  and  6 of  the  cotton  mills  do  their  dyeing. 

In  Tennessee  where  the  greater  part  of  the  textile  industry  is  devoted 
to  knitting,  there  are  33  of  these  plants  which  do  their  dyeing,  bleaching 
and  finishing,  and  7 that  dye  and  finish. 

This  line  of  the  industry  is  growing  rapidly  in  the  South  and  each 
year  sees  new  plants  built  and  much  new  equipment  installed. 


Purchasing  Agents 

Sam  R.  Zimmerman  Purchasing  Agent. 


The  following  is  a list  of  the  mills  for  which  Sam  R.  Zimmerman,  of 
Greenville.  S.  C.,  does  the  buying: 

Spindles  Looms 


American  Spinning  Co.,  Greenville,  S.  C 53,760  1,104 

Anniston  Mfg.  Co.,  Anniston,  Ala 14,284  360 

Aragon  Cotton  Mills,  Rock  Hill  ,S.  C 23,552  566 

Arcade  Cotton  Mills,  Rock  Hill,  S.  C 18,576  452 

Baldwin  Cotton  Mill,  Chester,  S.  C 31,488  790 

Blue  Buckle  Cotton  Mill,  Rock  Hill,  S.  C 18,840  1,000 

Camperdown  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 14,208  612 

Dunean  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 50,720  1,200 

Enoree  Mills,  Enoree,  S.  € 36,000  842 

Excelsior  Knitting  Mills,  Union,  S .C 5,616 

Graniteville  Mfg.  Co.,  Graniteville,  S.  C 57,000  1,694 

Manetta  Mills,  Lando,  S.  C 18,000  338 

Monarch  Mills,  Union,  S.  C 78,528  1.825 

Monarch  Mills,  Lockhart  Plant,  Lockhart,  S.  C 57,184  1,604 

Panola  Cotton  Mills,  Greenwood,  S.  C 17,472  400 

Piedmont  Mfg.  Co.,  Piedmont,  S.  C 69,412  1,972 

F.  W.  Poe  Mfg.  Co.,  Greenville,  S.  C 70,354  1,700 

Victoria  Cotton  Mill,  Rock  Hill,  S.  C 17,460  627 

Virginia  Mfg.  Go.,  Fountain  Inn,  S.  C 5,248 


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Warren  Mfg.  Co.,  Warrenville,  S.  C 36.080  1,000 

Victor-Monaghan  Mills — 

Apalache  Plant,  Greers,  S.  C 19,712  500 

Greers  Plant,  Greers,  S.  C 25,600  730 

Monaghan  Plant,  Greenville,  S.  C 60.032  1.540 

Ottaray  Plant,  Union,  S.  C 22,656  540 

Seneca  Plant,  Seneca,  S.  C 19.840  450 

Victor  Plant,  Greers,  S.  C 59,136  1,511 

Walhalla  Plant,  Walhalla,  S.  C 18.816  510 

Wallace  Plant,  Jonesville,  S.  C 15,584  424 


935,158  24,291 


Luther  VI.  VIcBee,  Jr.,  Purchasing  Agent. 


The  following  is  a list  of  the  mills  for  which  Luther  M.  McBee,  Jr., 
of  Greenville,  S.  C.,  does  the  buying: 

Spindles  Looms 


Alice  Mills,  Easley  S.  C 23,552  532 

Banna  Mfg.  Co..  Goldville,  S.  C 14.224  352 

Belton  Mill,  Belton,  S.  C 63.036  1,400 

Brandon  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 93.700  2,268 

Brevard  Cotton  Mill,  Brevard,  N.  C 4,100 

Brogon  Mills,  Anderson,  S.  C 27,780  900 

Calhoun  Mills,  Calhoun  Falls,  S.  C 25.600  600 

Cherokee  Spinning  Co.,  Knoxville,  Tenn 15,000 

Clinton  Cotton  Mills,  Clinton,  S.  C 68.512  1.522 

Cohannett  Mills,  Fingerville,  S.  C 9.000 

Conestee  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 20.292  505 

Courtenay  Mfg.  Co.,  Newry,  S.  C 25.344  624 

Cowpens  Mills,  Cowpens,  S.  C 17.360  384 

Franklin  Mills,  Greer,  S.  C 11.120  385 

Georgia  Cotton  Mills,  Griffin,  Ga 28,000  910 

Glenwood  Cotton  Mills,  Easley,  S.  C 45.016  1,160 

Greenwood  Cotton  Mills,  Greenwood,  S.  € 48.880  1,000 

Hartwell  Mills,  Hartwell,  Ga 8.080  216 

Hermitage  Cotton  Mills,  Camden,  S.  C 16,640  390 

Issaqueena  Mill,  Central,  S.  C 25.680  630 

Judson  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 52,640  1,288 

Lois  Cotton  Mills,  Douglasville,  Ga 21,760  520 

Lydia  Cotton  Mills,  Clinton,  S.  C 20,000  500 

Necronsett  Mills,  Cumberland,  N.  C 10,000 

Norris  Cotton  Mills  Co.,  Cateechee,  S.  C 19.968  452 

Oakland  Cotton  Mills,  Newberry,  S.  C 26,432  600 

Osage  Mfg.  Co..  Bessemer  City,  N.  C 16,272  400 

Pelham  Mills,  Pelham,  S.  G 10,156 

Pelzer  Mfg.  Co.,  Pelzer,  S.  C 136,000  3,100 


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Pendleton  Cotton  Mill,  Autun,  S.  C 3,250 

Mills  Mill,  Greenville,  S.  C 31,000  816 

Pickens  Mill,  Pickens,  S.  C 23,040  606 

Poinsett  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 27,756  726 

Rabell  Mfg.  Co.,  Selma,  Ala 12,480  312 

Republic  Cotton  Mills,  Great  Falls,  S.  C 59.848  1,320 

Riverside  Mfg.  Co.,  Anderson,  S.  C 47,360 

Toccoa  Cotton  Mills,  Toccoa  ,Ga 8,500  256 

Toxaway  Mills,  Anderson,  S.  C 30,384  788 

Union  Bleaching  & Finishing  Co.,  Greenville,  S.  C 

Vardry  Cotton  Mills,  Greenville,  S.  C 4,320 

Watts  Mills,  Laurens,  S.  C.  43,200  984 

Wiiliamston  Mills,  Williamston,  S.  C 32,256  750 

Woodruff  Cotton  Mills,  Woodruff,  S.  C 44,052  910 


1,270,590  28,106 

E.  S.  Tennent,  Purchasing  Agent. 


The  following  is  a list  of  the  mills  for  which  E.  S.  Tennent,  of  Spar- 
tanburg, S.  C.,  does  the  buying: 

Spindles  Looms 


Abbeville  Cotton  Mills,  Abbeville,  S.  C 28.900  964 

Arcadia  Mills,  Arcadia.  S.  C 33.952  780 

Arista  Mills  Co.,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C 17,500  446 

Beaumont  Mfg.  Co.,  Spartanburg,  S.  C 42,864  886 

Bellwill  Cotton  Mills.  Wilmington,  N.  C 7.616  353 

Broad  River  Mills,  Blacksburg,  S.  C 13,280  324 

Cash  Mills,  Gaffney,  S.  C 10,240  250 

Chadwick-Hoskins  Co.,  Charlotte,  N.  C 90,320  2,001 

Chadwick-Hoskins  Co.,  Pineville,  N.  C 11,336  312 

Cherokee  Falls  Mfg.  Co.,  Cherokee  Falls,  S.  C 28,020  564 

Chesnee  Mills,  Chesnee.  S.  C 20.160  440 

Cleghorn  Mills,  Rutherfordton,  N.  C 7,328 

Clifton  Mfg.  Co.,  Clifton,  S.  C 86,800  2,660 

Clinchfield  Mfg.  Co.,  Marion,  N.  C 66,000  1,600 

Consolidated  Textile  Corp. — 

Bonham  Division,  Bonham,  Tex 15,776  433 

Ella  Division,  Shelby,  N.  C 11,320  241 

Henderson  Division,  Henderson,  Ky 49,504  1,697 

Lynchburg  Division,  Lynchburg,  Va 56,796  1,424 

Ossipee-Hopedale  Div.,  Burlington,  N.  C 18,728  355 

Pelham  Division,  Pelham,  Ga 12,128  360 

Pilot  Division,  Raleigh,  N.  C 10,752  425 

Postex  Division  Mills,  Post,  Tex 10,080  296 

Union  Division,  Lafayette,  Ga 23,152  462 

D.  E.  Converse  Co.,  Glendale,  S.  C 36,444  980 


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Darlington  Mfg.  Co.,  Darlington,  S.  C 51,392  1,243 

Deep  River  Mills,  Randleman,  N.  C 18.320  878 

Eastside  Mfg.  Co.,  Shelby,  N.  C 10,240  260 

Edna  Cotton  Mills,  Reidsville,  N.  C 25,300  540 

Erlanger  Cotton  Mills,  Lexington,  N.  C 46,000  1,100 

Eureka  Cotton  Mills,  Chester,  S.  C 25,752  600 

Fairmont  Mfg.  Co.,  Fairmont,  S.  C 12,608  328 

Florence  Mills,  Forest  City,  N.  C 18,960  536 

Fort  Mill  Mfg.  Co.,  Fort  Mill,  S.  C 42,000  1,249 

Fountain  Cotton  Mills,  Tarboro,  N :C 6.528 

Gainesville  Cotton  Mill,  Gainesville,  Ga 43,008  1,220 

Griffin  Mfg.  Co.,  Griffm,  Ga 31,000  940 

Hamrick  Mills,  Gaffney,  S.  C 25,000  624 

P.  H.  Hanes  Knitting  Co.,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C 27,000 

Hart  Cotton  Mills,  Tarboro,  N.  C 16,000  200 

Hartsville  Cotton  Mill,  Hartsville,  S.  C 36,064  880 

Holt,  Gant  & Holt  Mfg.  Co.,  Elon  College,  N.  C 6.500  285 

Holt-Granite  Mills  Co.,  Haw  River,  N.  € 20,784  686 

L.  Banks  Holt  Mfg.  Co.,  Graham,  N.  C 29,100  1.052 

Henrietta  Mills,  Caroleen,  N.  C 48,416  1,059 

Henrietta  Mills,  Henrietta,  N.  C 26.700  710 

E.  M.  Holt  Plaid  Mills,  Burlington,  N.  C 426 

Inman  Mills,  Inman,  S.  C 40,096  1.000 

Kershaw  Cotton  Mills,  Kershaw,  S.  C 12,160  482 

Kincaid  Mfg.  Co.,  Griffin,  Ga 48,800  1,672 

Lancaster  Cotton  Mills,  Lancaster,  S.  C 139.608  3.006 

Limestone  Mills,  Gaffney,  S.  C 25,000  650 

Loray  Mills,  Gastonia,  N.  C 107,000 

Lowe  Mfg.  Co..  Huntsville,  Ala 27,000  612 

Marion  Mfg.  Co.,  Marion,  N.  C 35,840  840 

Marlboro  Cotton  Mills,  McColl,  S.  C 36,000  110 

Marlboro  Cotton  Mills,  Bennettsville,  S.  C 15,000 

Martinsville  Cotton  Mill  Co.,  Martinsville,  Va 17,920  444 

Mayo  Mills,  Mayodan,  N.  C 24,696 

Mollohon  Mfg.  Co.,  Newberry,  S.  C 40,190  1,012 

Oconee  Mills  Co.,  Westminster,  S.  C 13,000  298 

Pacolet  Mfg.  Co.,  New  Holland.  Ga 57,580  1,765 

Pacolet  Mfg.  Co.,  Pacolet,  S.  C 75,184  2,080 

Pomona  Mills,  Greensboro,  N.  C 24,416  650 

Puritan  Mills  Co.,  Fayetteville.  N.  C 10,192  434 

Rushton  Cotton  Mills,  Griffin,  Ga 14.960  354 

Saxon  Mills,  Spartanburg,  S.  C 41.216  1,000 

Spartanburg  County  Mill,  Spartanburg,  S.  C 5,000 

Spencer  Mills,  Spindale,  N.  C 8,704 

Spindale  Mills,  Spindale,  N.  C 5.520 

Springstein  Mills,  Chester,  S.  C 14.560  570 

Stonecutter  Mills  Co.,  Spindale,  N.  C 400 


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Twine  Mills  Corp.,  Roanoke,  Ya 9,378 

Union-Buffalo  Mills  Co.,  Union,  S.  C 89,920  2,132 

Victory  Mfg.  Co.,  Fayetteville,  N.  C 14,336  430 

Washington  Mills,  Fries,  Va 54,624  1,550 

Kennonah  Cotton  Mill  Go.,  Lexington,  N.  C 12,736  378 

White-Williamson  Co.,  Graham,  N.  C 8,200  200 

Whitney  Mfg.  Co.,  Whitney,  S.  C 30.652  850 

Yadkin  Finishing  Co.,  Salisbury,  N.  C 


2,335,656  55,988 

Allen  Jones,  Purchasing  Agent.  299  Broadway,  New  York. 

Spindles  Looms 

Lexington  Mfg.  Co.,  Lexington,  S.  C 6,784  204 

Middleburg  Mills,  Batesburg,  S.  C 10,624  320 

Palmetto  Cotton  Mills,  Columbia.  S.  .C 10,320  300 

Saxe  Gotha  Mills,  Lexington,  S.  C 11,200  288 

Martel  Mfg.  Co.,  Egan,  Ga 11,220  382 

French  Broad  Mfg.  Co.,  Asheville,  N.  C 5,712  116 

Ashcraft  Cotton  Mills,  Florence,  Ala 7,488  201 

Trainer  Spinning  Co.,  Chester,  Pa 14,592  12 

Beaver  Mills,  North  Adams,  Mass 32,392  14 

Beaver  Mills,  Waterford,  N.  Y 25,392  12 

Valley  Falls  Mfg.  Co.,  Spartanburg,  S.  C 12,480  300 


148,204  2,149 

CAPITAL  STOCK  OF  SOUTHERN  MILLS 

The  capital  stock  of  Textile  Corporations  which  reported  their  capital 
is  as  follows: 

Alabama  $ 25,469,000 

Arkansas  265,000 

Georgia  58,879,000 

Kentucky  1,935,000 

Louisiana  4,530,000 

Mississippi  - 2,405,000 

Missouri  1,535,000 

North  Carolina  153,422,000 

Oklahoma  250,000 

South  Carolina  109,713.000 

Tennessee  16,449,000 

Texas  5,525,000 

Virginia  18,047,000 


Total  capital  reported  $398,424,000 

A large  number  of  mills  owned  individually,  and  others  for  various 
reasons,  do  not  report  their  capital.  If  all  of  these  could  be  included,  the 
figures  would  show  a total  invested  capita!  well  over  half  a billion  dollars. 

In  the  number  of  mills  reported  a number  of  groups  are  counted  as 
one,  and  the  total  number  of  individual  mills  is  at  least  1200. 


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Is  read  weekly  by  the  executives,  super- 
intendents and  overseers  of  practically  every 
textile  mill  in  the  South. 

tj  Edited  by  a textile  manufacturer  who 
understands  thoroughly  the  conditions  and 
problems  in  this  field  and  regarded  as  a 
bureau  of  information  on  matters  pertain- 
ing to  the  textile  industry. 

It  is  actively  connected  with  the  work  of 
the  various  textile  Associations,  and  is  in 
very  close  touch  with  the  managements  of 
Southern  Mills. 

Ask  Any  Southern  Mill  Man 


Published  by 

CLARK  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

CHARLOTTE,  N.  C. 


509114 


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